People in receipt of social welfare income can now qualify for up to half the carer’s allowance and still hold onto their primary social welfare payment, according to the Minister for Older People,

The annual audit of Government accounts has revealed a rise in spending on asylum seeker accommodation due to an unexpected increase in demand.

Nearly one third of people with mental illness feel they have been discriminated against as a result of their condition, a new survey has revealed.

Health Minister Mary Harney is reportedly due to announce a major centralisation of IrelandHealth Minister Mary Harney is reportedly due to announce a major centralisation of Ireland’s cancer services today.

Shaun Woodward will today be urged by the first licensed restorative justice schemes to operate in the North to release state funding to enable them to operate.

A special conference is being held in Stormont on Monday to discuss the issue of suicide in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein will host the day, on the theme of ‘Suicide – A Preventable Crisis’.

The Catholic church in Northern Ireland has started to instruct schools to disband Amnesty International support groups because of the human rights organisation’s pro-abortion stance.

Unions in the health service are reportedly asking their members to begin a campaign of non-co-operation with the recruitment freeze being imposed by the HSE.

The increasing rate of marriage break-up in Ireland is due to be highlighted at a conference in Dublin today.

Some 216 women trafficked in to Ireland for prostitution over the last seven years have been tracked down, it emerged today.